66 : BYTTNERIACE X. BxYTTNERIA. 
times to the apex. Ovarium 5-celled, with 2 superposed ovules in each cell. 
Styles 5, distinct, or united at the base. Stigmas club-shaped. Capsule 
nearly globose, 5-coccous ; cocci 1-2-seeded. Seeds oblong, not winged. 
Embryo straight.—Herbaceous or shrubby plants with stellate pubescence. 
Leaves alternate, entire or slightly lobed, serrated. Flowers terminal and 
opposite to the leaves, capitate, umbellate, verticillate, spiked, racemose, or 
panicled, white or yellow. Bracteoles at the base of the pedicels. 
243. (1) R. truncata (DC.:) shrubby: leaves cuneiform, truncated and 
toothed at the apex ; upper side glabrous, under hoary with stellate pubes- 
cence : flowers solitary, or two or three together, at the extremity of the 
branches: fruit flattened at the top—DC. prod. 1. p. 491 ; Wight! cat. n. 248. 
—Melochia truncata, Willd. sp. 3. p. 601; Spr. syst. 3. p. 29.—Sida retusa, 
Roxb. in E. I. C. mus. tab, 341.—8. cuneifolia, Roxb. hort. Bengh. p. 50.—— 
Coromandel, common. BÉ 
Specimens of this were sent to Dr Wallich, but we do not observe it in his 
List. 
244. (2) R. supina (DC.:) stems herbaceous, prostrate: leaves broadly ovate, 
obtuse or slightly cordate at the base, serrated, glabrous with the midrib 
sometimes pubescent : flowers few together, sessile, terminal and capitate, In 
the axils of the two or three uppermost leaves: fruit globose.—DC. prod. 1. 
p. 491 ; Wight! cat. n. 246.—Melochia supina, Linn.—Visenia supina, Spr. 
syst. 3. p. 31.— Pluk. t. 132. f. 4 (good). Coromandel. : 
In conformity with other writers, we have retained this and the two following 
as distinct: the materials at present before us are not very good, but they 
lead to a suspicion, which we trust ere long to be able to decide upon, that 
all the three are mere variations of one and the same species. 
245. (3) R. corchorifolia (DC.:) stems herbaceous, erect: leaves ovate, 
sometimes slightly lobed, rounded or cordate at the base, serrated, glabrous, 
or pubescent on the midrib: flowers terminal or nearly so, in very short dense 
spikes arranged in a sessile capitulus: fruit globose—DC. prod. 1. p.491; - 
Wight! cat. n. 245 (partly).—Melochia corchorifolia, Linn. ; Wall. L. n. 
1196 (partly).—Visenia corchorifolia, Spr. syst. 3. p. 30.—Mougeotia corcho- 
rifolia, Kunth.—Pluk. t. 44. f. 5 (good); Dill. Elth. t. 176. f. 217 ; Rheed. 
Mal. 9. t. 73 (bad).——Coromandel and Malabar, common. 
246. (4) R. concatenata (DC. :) stems herbaceous, erect: leaves ovate-lan- 
ceolate, sometimes slightly lobed, obtuse or cordate at the base, serrated, 
glabrous, or pubescent on the midrib: flowers arranged in spikes, usually be- 
coming elongated in fruit, and placed several together at the extremity OT — 
nearly so of the branches: fruit globose.— DC. prod. 1. p. 492 ; Wight! eat. ^ — 
n. 245 (partly), and 247 ?—R. radiata, Blume.—Melochia concatenata, Lint; 
Wall. L. n. 1197.—M. corchorifolia, Wall.! L. n. 1196. i.—Visenia concate- 
nata, Spr. syst. 3. p. 31.—Pluk. t. 9. f. 5 (good). Coromandel. 
By an erroneous synonym in Plukenet, this has been said to be also a na- 
tive of the West Indies. Dr Wight's, No. 247, has the spikes scarcely enough 
elongated, and is quite intermediate between this and the last species. 
IX. WALTHERIA.  Linn.; Lam. ill. t. 570. ae 
Calyx 5-cleft, persistent, with a 3-leaved lateral deciduous involucel. 
Petals 5, equal, attached by their claws to the staminal column. Filament’ 
united into a nearly entire, or 5-cleft tube. Ovarium oblique, 1-celled (by 
the obliteration of four cells): ovules 2, superposed. Style single, slightly —. 
lateral. Stigma penicillate. Capsule consisting of 1 coccus, nearly globos® — 
membranaceous, l-seeded, 2-valved. Embryo in the axis of a fleshy albu- — 
men.—Herbaceous plants, shrubs, or little trees, with stellate pubescence. 
